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Chapman and Hall, London, 1859. Frontispiece, engraved extra title vignette and 14 plates (as called for). 8vo (8 3/4 x 6 inches). Pages: viii:(1, List of Plates): 254. 19th Century half burgundy morocco, spine gilt on raised bands and decorately gilt at headbands, gilt lettered direct, top edge gilt. A handsome binding in excellent condition. The fore-edge and bottom edge of the plate facing page 51 slightly chipped perhaps from once being proud. An excellent copy, the plates being virtually free from foxing. With Charles Dickens centenary sticker neatly applied to front pastedown. Although the 1st issue points of pagination and signature [ 113 & b) have been corrected the first issue point of the missspelling of "Affectionately" as "Affetcionately" on page 134 here remains uncorrected.

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.